reinstall on widows 11 and no program windows opens

[toptech33]

this started with ver. 1.4.1.1023 and has continues as i have uninstalled it and tried 1.43131024.x64 and 1.4.1.1024.x64Lite.
Install seems to go well, no errors or other nonsense.
When I click on Everything to start the mouse cursor spins for about 7 seconds than nothing. ever.
Looking in Task manager there is a task for Ev in Background but never under Apps.
I've tried installing with standard options set. Changed to As Administrator. Without shortcuts (I think) with no change in behavior
1.4.1.1023 was working one day and stopped working with this behavior . I suspected I needed to upgrade but haven't had any luck. The symptom is always the same, no Ev window and no listing under apps in Task Manager.
I turned off AdGuard. No help.
Nothing is showing in Bitdefender either under Firewall or Antivirus.
I'm kind of stumped here.
Any help would be appreciated.
Win 11 Version 23H2 OS Build 22631.3007
Legal copy of windows 11
Thanks!!!

[void]

Please try refreshing your database:

• In Windows Explorer, type in the following address and press ENTER:
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything
• Delete your Everything.db
• Restart Everything.

Please make sure Everything is not running as administrator

• From the Start menu, search for:
  notepad
• Right click Notepad and click Run as administrator.
• In Notepad, from the File menu, click Open.
• Select the following file and click Open:
  C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.ini
• Change the following line:
  run_as_admin=1
• to:
  run_as_admin=0
• Save changes and restart Everything.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:

• Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
• Click Properties.
• Click the Compatibility tab.
• Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
• Click OK.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:

• Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
• Click Properties.
• Click the Shortcut tab.
• Click the Advanced button.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Click OK.
• Click OK.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:

• Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
• Click Properties.
• Click the Compatibility tab.
• Click the Change settings for all users button at the bottom.
• Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
• Click OK.

Does the issue persist?

[toptech33]

I ran SFC and DISM without any errors, while waiting.
Then per your instructions:
In Windows Explorer, type in the following address and press ENTER:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything
Delete your Everything.db
Restart Everything.

Could not find the file or the location:
Windows can't find "C:\Users\hiding this for my privacy\AppData\Local\Everything". Check the spelling and try again

At first I thought that the app was uninstalled. Then I saw the desktop shortcut. so I tried to maneuver in explorer to the location, but there was no Everything folder in AppData\Local

So I uninstalled the app thru Settings and rebooted. I installed Everything-1.4.1.1024.x64-Setup again as I have done a number of times already. To my surprise it installed and ran. I then went to the AppData\Local folder and still no Everything folder there. And still isn't.
I looked for everything.db using Everything but it didn't find it. (in my other win 11 machine everything finds it's own DB, but not this one.

Then just to go a bit farther I did the below:

Please make sure Everything is not running as administrator
From the Start menu, search for:
notepad
Right click Notepad and click Run as administrator.
In Notepad, from the File menu, click Open.
Select the following file and click Open:
C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.ini
Change the following line:
run_as_admin=1
to:
run_as_admin=0

Admin was already 0 and things weren't running as administrator.

So I don't know why it failed thru a couple of boots and different versions, but ATM it seems to be running.
Any idea where the DB is hiding?

Many many thanks!!!!

Save changes and restart Everything.

[void]

Any idea where the DB is hiding?

Everything stores its database in memory.

The Everything.db is only written to disk when you exit Everything.



You can safely delete the Everything.db as it's just a cache of your filenames.
A bad Everything.db can prevent Everything from loading.

[toptech33]

Again many thanks. Love the app. And I only know about 5% of what it can do. I guess I have some learnin' ahead of me.